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Adṛṣṭa The Fifth Chapter of the Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada) deals with the notion of action and the connected concept of effort; and also deals with the various special phenomenon of nature to the supersensible force, called Adrishta. Meaning The Sanskrit term, Adrishta (Sanskrit: अदृष्ट) or Adrsta, as an adjective means - not seen, unseen, unobserved, unforeseen, unknown, invisible, unexpected, not experienced, destiny, fate, luck, not permitted or sanctioned, illegal, virtue or vice as the eventual cause of pleasure or pain....

Advaita Bodha Deepika Advaita Bodha Deepika, Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, is an Advaita Vedanta text written by Sri Karapatra Swami. Contents The Advaita Bodha Deepika is set as a dialogue between a master and a student. Just like other medieval Advaita Vedanta texts, samadhi is added to sravana, manana) and nididhyasana. Appreciation The Advaita Bodha Deepika was highly regarded by Ramana Maharshi. Further reading Lamp of Non-dual Knowledge & Cream of Liberation: Two Jewels of Indian Wisdom, Wisdom Publications External links Advaita Bodha Deepika (pdf)

Advaita Vedanta !Raja Ravi Varma - Sankaracharya Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त, ) is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta. The term Advaita (literally “non-secondness”, but usually rendered as “nondualism”, and often equated with monism) refers to the idea that Brahman alone is ultimately real, while the transient phenomenal world) is an illusory appearance (maya)) of Brahman....

Advayataraka Upanishad devanagari अद्वयतारक sanskrit_transliteration Advayatāraka meaning “non-dual deliverer” type Yoga veda Shukla Yajurveda chapters 1 verses 19 philosophy Yoga, Vedanta Advayataraka Upanishad is an ancient Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is one of the 19 Upanishads attached to the Shukla Yajurveda. It is classified as a Yoga Upanishad. The Upanishad is notable for its discussion of Guru (teacher). The text discusses three goals of introspection, Taraka yoga and the nondual nature of Reality (Brahman)....

Aghori group Aghori population 70 popplace Varanasi, North India The Aghori (from Sanskrit अघोर aghora; ) are a monastic order of ascetic Shaivite sadhus based in Uttar Pradesh, India. They are the only surviving sect derived from the Kāpālika tradition, a Tantric, non-Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the 7th and 8th century CE. Similarly to their predecessors, Aghoris usually engage in post-mortem rituals, often dwell in charnel grounds, smear cremation ashes on their bodies, and use bones from human corpses for crafting kapāla (skull cups which Shiva and other Hindu deities are often iconically depicted holding or using) and jewellery....

Aikyam **Aikyam ** (Sanskrit: ऐक्यम्) means – oneness, unity, harmony, unanimity, identity or sameness or identical. The Upanishads address two fundamental ideas – Brahman and the Atman); as a rule these terms are used synonymously, there is no difference between these two. The main theme of Vedantic teaching is identity of the individual and the Total (jiva isvara aikyam), that the self (Atman) and awareness (Chaitanya)) are identical (aikyam). Aikyam means oneness or identity....

Aitareya Upanishad name Aitareya devanagari ऐतरेय sanskrit_transliteration Aitareyopaniṣad composition_date pre-Buddhist, ~6th to 5th century BCE authors Aitareya Mahidasa type Mukhya Upanishad veda Rigveda brahmana part of Aitareya Brahmana aranyaka Aitareya Aranyaka philosophy Ātman), Brahman chapters three verses 33 commentary Adi Shankara, Madhvacharya verse “Prajñānam brahma” The Aitareya Upanishad (Sanskrit: ऐतरेय उपनिषद् IAST ) is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Rigveda. It comprises the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the second book of Aitareya Aranyaka, which is one of the four layers of Rig vedic text....

Akaal bodhan !Akalbodhan Venus Club 2010 Arnab Dutta This article is not about Durga Puja; it is about the term and the theme Akaal Bodhan. Akaal Bodhan (অকাল বোধন) is the worship of Durga—an incarnation of Devi—in the month of Ashwin, an uncustomary time for commencement of the worship. Etymology Both the words Akaal and Bodhan are Bengali words that descendant from Sanskrit word akālabodhana, which are also included in many other Indian languages, such as like Bengali....

Akriya “He who does his duty without expecting the fruit of actions is a Sannyasi (Sankhyayogi) and a Yogi (Karmayogi) both; he is no Sannyasi (renouncer) who has merely renounced the sacred fire; even so he is no Yogi, who has merely given up all activity.” Akriya (Sanskrit: अक्रिय ) is a Sanskrit adjective (derived from the verb kr) which means – inactive, dull, torpid, without essential works, abstaining from religious rites, without action of any kind, epithet of god, worthless, good for nothing; – या Akriyā (Sanskrit: अक्रिया) means – inactivity, neglect of duty....

Akrodha Akrodha (Sanskrit: अक्रोध) literally means “free from anger”. It’s considered an important virtue in Indian philosophy and Hindu ethics. Etymology Akrodha is a fusion word between the Sanskrit prefix a (Sanskrit: अ; “without”, “non”) and the term krodha (Sanskrit: क्रोध; “anger”), meaning “without anger”. A related word is Akrodhah (Sanskrit: अक्रोध), which also means “absence of anger”. Discussion Akrodha is considered a virtue and desirable ethical value in Hinduism. When there is cause of getting angry but even then there is absence of anger, it is non-anger or akrodha....

Aksara Aksara (also akshara, Devanagari अक्षर, IAST akṣara) is a Sanskrit term translating to “imperishable, indestructible, fixed, immutable” (i.e. from अ, a- “not” and क्षर्, kṣar- “melt away, perish”). It has two main fields of application, in Sanskrit grammatical tradition (śikṣā) and in Vedanta philosophy. The uniting aspect of these uses is the mystical view of language, or shabda, in Hindu tradition, and especially the notion of the syllable as a kind of immutable (or “atomic”) substance of both language and truth, most prominently, the mystical syllable Aum, which is given the name of ekākṣara (i....

Akshamalika Upanishad devanagari अक्षमालिका sanskrit_transliteration akṣamālikā meaning Rosary of Sanskrit Alphabet composition_date late medieval type Shaiva veda Rigveda philosophy Shaivism, Vedanta The Akshamalika Upanishad (अक्षमालिका उपनिषद्, ) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is associated with the Rigveda. It is one of 14 Shaiva (Shiva-related) Upanishads. The Upanishad describes akshamala (rosary) and its importance in japa, the meditative repetition of a mantra. The text mentions different types of rosaries, their significance, the relevant mantras, and the symbolism....

Akshi Upanishad devanagari अक्षि sanskrit_transliteration Akṣi meaning Eye, that which exists type Samanya veda Krishna Yajurveda chapters 2 verses 1st: prose, 2nd: 48 philosophy Vedanta The Akshi Upanishad (अक्षि उपनिषत्), also spelled Akshy Upanishad), is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is attached to the Krishna Yajurveda, and one of the 21 Samanya (general) Upanishads. The text is structured in two sections, and as a discourse from the Sun god (Surya)....

Ālambana Ālambana (Sanskrit:आलम्बन), is a Sanskrit term which variously means – support, foundation, supporting, base, sustaining, cause, reason, basis, or the five attributes of things, or the silent repetition of a prayer, or the natural and necessary connection of a sensation with the cause which excites it, or the mental exercise practiced by the yogis in endeavouring to realize the gross form of the Eternal. Vedic implication In Indian philosophy ālambana refers to the objective basis of a perception or sensation; according to which philosophy Kārana (cause) and all attendant emotional conditions are known as Vibhavas which are of two kinds – a) Ālambana, the personal and human object and substratum, and b) Uddipana, the excitant....

Alampur Jogulamba Temple name Jogulamba Temple map_type India #India Telangana map_caption Location in Telangana relief yes religious_affiliation Hinduism coordinates 15.877°N, 78.132°W country India state Telangana district Jogulamba Gadwal district location Alampur deity Devi architecture_style Dravidian Jogulamba temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Jogulamba, a form of Shakti located in Alampur, Telangana, India. The temple is one of the Maha Shakti Peethas, a group of eighteen (Ashtadasa) temples considered the most significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism....